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The Front Porch Flowers and Gifts in Overton hosted a fieldtrip visit for a group of Moapa Valley homeschool kids on Wednesday, Sept. 16. The Front Porch owner

Charlene Udall, and her assistant Keely Watkins, welcomed eager students who were excited to learn about the field of floral de-sign.

“There is so much that goes into making floral arrangements,” Udall said. “There is math when we arrange flowers using symme-

Learning the floral trade

By ASHLEY BUNKER

The Progress

ASHLEY BUNKER / The Progress

A group of homeschool kids visited The Front Porch Flowers and Gifts in Overton last week to see what makes the local shop tick. They came away with flower arrangements that they created themselves.

try, balance, budgeting, and more. There is science in how we care and store the flowers. There is art in how we arrange them by col-or, proportion and texture just to name a few.”

Children were able to take a tour of the local flower shop during their visit and see how

it operates. They learned about the various reasons why people would need flowers including weddings, funerals, holidays, an-niversaries, cheer-ups for friends and more.

The children saw how the flow-

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Plans to bring Virgin Valley students back into the classroom as early as October 12 were sum-marily rejected last week by the Clark County School District (CCSD) central administration.

Notification of the denial came on Thursday, Sept. 17, in a let-ter from CCSD General Counsel Eleissa Lavelle addressed to Vir-gin Valley Community Educa-tion Advisory Board (VVCEAB) Chairwoman Jodi Thornley.

The letter stated that the plans, which had been drafted and sub-mitted by local school principals working in coordination with their CCSD superiors, lacked the necessary detail in address-ing state health mandates and re-quirements. Lavelle said that, be-cause of this, the plans would not be submitted to the CCSD Board of Trustees for consideration.

“Since the Mesquite Schools Reopening Plans are seriously deficient with respect to the re-quirements of the Nevada School Reopening Framework, the plans will not be submitted for consid-eration by the Board of School Trustees,” the letter stated.

Local education advocates and school administrators were aston-ished, frustrated and outraged by this letter in both its content and its source.

Less than a month ago, on Aug. 26, CCSD Superintendent Jesus Jara attended a meeting of the VVCEAB over an online platform. In that meeting, com-munity members made the case that local schools should be re-opened because the community’s COVID-19 tests positivity rates have long been well below the state threshholds.

Virgin Valley schools have been following an all-online dis-tance model of education since the school year began on August 24.

In the August meeting, Jara expressed an openness to consid-er what he called “The Mesquite Plan” for bringing Virgin Valley kids back into the classroom as soon as possible, provided that all state guidelines were met.

In the days immediately fol-lowing that meeting, Virgin Val-ley principals met together with CCSD Regional Superintendent Doug Mancl to discuss details of their plans. As a result of that meeting, plans for reopening all four Virgin Valley schools were submitted to CCSD administra-tors in Las Vegas.

“We covered all of the details of our proposals in that meeting,” said VVHS Principal Riley Frei in a telephone interview on Friday. “Most of the things mentioned in this letter were dealt with in that meeting. We were under the im-pression that if they needed more information, or if something was missing from the plans, that they would call us and we were ready to deal with it.”

Instead, the principals received no feedback on the plans after the meeting with Mancl. Frei said that he had sent emails and text messages to Mancl checking on the status of the plans and had re-

CCSD rejects ‘Mesquite Plan’

to bring kids back to school

By VERNON ROBISON

The Progress

This article was first published on The Progress website at mvprogress.com.

See CCSD Letter on page 7A

The upcoming election has two candidates vying for the Clark County School District Board of Trustees District B: Jeff Proffitt of Logandale and Katie Williams of North Las Vegas. This district covers Moapa Valley, Virgin Val-ley and a large swath of North Las Vegas. Last week, we caught up with the two candidates to talk about the issues important to them. The following is what we learned.

Jeff ProffittJeff Proffitt was born and raised

in Las Vegas. He attended CCSD schools and graduated from Eldo-rado High School in 1992.

Proffitt now lives in Logan-dale. His wife is a Special Edu-cation teacher at Grant Bowler Elementary School.

P r o f f i t t works as busi-ness manager of the Sheet Metal Work-ers Local 88 in Las Vegas. He previous-ly served as

training director for the union, administering a four-year appren-ticeship program. He also serves on the board of Workforce Con-nections, a regional workforce development organization. In that position he interacts with CCSD officials in aligning curriculum for the district’s Career and Tech-nical Education (CTE) programs.

Proffitt would like to see more emphasis within CCSD in prepar-ing for the time when COVID-19 restrictions are eased and schools reopen again. With all of the lo-

MEET THE CANDIDATES: CCSD Board of Trustees District B

Jeff Proffitt Katie Williams

By VERNON ROBISON

The Progress

See Proffitt on page 6

Katie WilliamsKatie Williams has become

well-known for being outspoken in her strong conservative polit-ical views. She is an unashamed supporter of President Donald Trump and has taken to social media often to proclaim it.

Williams was born, and lived a portion of her childhood, in Salt Lake City, Utah. When she was 13 years old, her single mother moved the family to the small town of Altamont, Illinois to make a fresh start. Williams graduated from Altamont High School with only 80 kids in her class.

Williams joined the National Guard on her seventeenth birth-day. She was deployed to Afghan-istan with the 33rd Infantry Bri-gade Combat Team during 2008 and 2009.

When she returned home she was assigned as a recruiter for the Army National Guard, working with high school kids in Illinois.

“That was my first time as an adult where I really noticed what students, teachers and administrators deal with in our educational

systems,” Williams said. Williams, her husband Cris

and their four-year-old daughter moved to Las Vegas in 2018. Cris works as a paramedic.

Williams said that the condi-tion of education in Clark County has been an increasing concern to her as she has been preparing to send her daughter to school with-in the next year or so.

“Just like any parents, I want the best education for her,” Wil-liams said of her daughter. “I want to be involved in making

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Rotarians from Mesquite put in a good day’s hard work on Friday, Sept. 18. A crew of them got to-gether and braved the heat to in-stall three new shade structures at the campus of Beaver Dam High School (BDHS).

The structure is actually a com-ponent of a larger Rotary Club of Mesquite project which began in 2016. The Rotary Interact Club at BDHS, which partnered with the Rotarians in the effort, termed the project “Beautification of Beaver Dam High School.”

Rotary member Linda Gault,

Rotarians finish Beaver Dam High School projectBy BOBBIE GREEN

The Progress

BOBBIE GREEN / The Progress

Rotarians from Mesquite and other helpers gathered on Friday to in-stall three shade structures on the campus of Beaver Dam High School in Arizona.

who works closely with the high school club to help in efforts to keep youth motivated, helped direct Rotary fundraising money toward this project in 2017. The vision was to do a visual project that people see as they drove by.

They began by adding plants and landscaping for beautifica-tion. A Buddy Bench was placed at the location previously as part of the project.

Finally, the project envisioned three shade structures being placed at the campus. Those were what Rotarians put in place last week.

See Rotarians on page 5

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A crowd gathered at El Coyote Charro restaurant in Mesquite on Saturday afternoon, Sept. 19 for a special campaign get-together being called a “Meet and Eat” event. Featured candidates at the event were Mesquite mayor Al Litman and City Council candi-date Wes Boger.

In a bright and festive atmo-sphere, both candidates spent the afternoon interacting with local voters who had come to meet them and ask questions.

The event was put on by the Mesquite Police Officers’ Asso-ciation (MPOA) to announce its

endorsement of both Litman and Boger in the upcoming election.

The event was hosted by El Coyote Charro owner Jaime Ara-na who provided food and soft drinks to all who attended.

While MPOA President Law-rence Stewart was out of town and unable to attend the event, he did release a written statement of endorsement on behalf of the MPOA for each of the two can-didates.

In those statements, Stewart said that the MPOA aligns itself with community leaders who share its values and goals of com-munity service and involvement.

“Mayor Litman has a proven track record as a leader with un-wavering integrity,” Stewart said.

MPOA holds ‘Meet and Eat’ event with city candidates

“He does not make promises that cannot be kept. He stands for the betterment and protection of the entire community.”

In the endorsement statement for Boger, Stewart talked about Boger’s involvement in helping to start the Watchdog program at Virgin Valley Elementary School and his service as a crossing guard at the school.

“In my nearly 14 years of law enforcement experience, and for over 7 years here in Mesquite, I have met few people who have a more enthusiastic and genuine desire to serve his community and schools,” Stewart said of Boger.

Both candidates were given a few minutes to speak to the crowd.

Litman said that he was the “No B.S.” candidate in the may-oral race.

“I’m not going to make a lot of empty promises just to get atten-tion,” Litman said. “I am what I am and what you see is what you get. I’ve been around for a lot of years and my record is pretty clear. I am not going to give a lot of false answers. That is just not me.”

Litman, who has served as Mesquite mayor for six years, listed some of the major accom-

Mesquite mayor Al Litman (left) and City Council candidate Wes Bo-ger (right) appeared together at a campaign event sponsored by the MPOA on Saturday at El Coyote Charro restaurant.

By VERNON ROBISON

The Progress

VERNON ROBISON / The Progress

plishments for the City during his terms of office.

Among those were his involve-ment in bringing a new public li-brary facility to the City.

“I was surprised what a polit-ical fight that was,” Litman said. “We had people who were just dead-set opposed to it. Who is opposed to a public library?”

Litman also listed the Mes-quite Veteran’s Center as one of the accomplishments for the City during his time in office. He said that he had been instrumental in securing a nominal lease agree-ment with the City on the land where the Center is located.

“Again there were some peo-ple who didn’t want it,” Litman said. “They said that it just wasn’t needed. But we have seen since then, just how needed it is and how well used it is.”

Also among his accomplish-ments, Litman listed the legal settlement he recently brokered between the City and Mesa View Regional Hospital.

“At the point I stepped in, their attorneys would not even talk to (City Attorney) Bob Sweetin,” Litman said. “They just said, ‘We are done!’ But I put a lot of work into it and we found a way for-ward.”

As a general rule Litman said he doesn’t like entering into law-suits except as a last resort. “They are very costly and rarely worth it,” he said. “I am a negotiator and I find that is usually a much better solution.”

Litman added that he shud-dered to think of what the out-come could have been with the hospital if the settlement had not been reached.

“Given the environment over the past year, I think we might have been looking at them just closing their doors,” he said. “That would have been very bad for the City.”

Litman also recognized the tre-mendous job being done by police and fire department employees in the City. He made the case that funding for public safety posi-tions should be treated differently than other City staff positions.

“They are in the trenches every day, putting their lives on the line for the community,” Litman said. “When the rest of us are sleeping, they are awake seeing that we are safe. It is a difficult job and it should be compensated different-ly than the rest of the City staff.”

Litman also voiced his sup-port for Boger’s candidacy at the event.

“It is absolutely essential now-adays that we insist upon integ-rity, transparency and honesty in our public officers,” Litman said. “Wes has those things.”

In his brief address, Boger echoed a similar support for the City’s public safety employees. He said that the outcry going on throughout the nation to defund police departments is a mistake.

Boger noted that, earlier in the year, the City had to cut $6 mil-lion from its budget which was applied evenly across the board. Going forward, Boger felt that more of a priority ought to be placed on police and fire budgets in the City.

“All city departments are not

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The PROGRESS Wednesday, September 23, 2020 • 3A

ers come in, the process required to take care of flowers, their safe storage in the large cooler and, of course, the design room where the magic really happens.

Quinn, age 8, loved the design room.

“When I grow up, I want to work at the Front Porch and be a floral designer!” Quinn said.

Afterwards, the children got to create a floral arrangement of their very own. Watkins guided the eager students step by step, until they created their own mas-terpieces. They learned about the different categories of flowers: fillers, mass and greenery.

Nash Mulcock, a local homes-chooler, said that he loved using the clippers- a tool that floral de-signers use to adjust the shape of

the stems and flowers.Rorie Boss, a local mom, said

that she enjoyed seeing the kids getting involved, and seeing their excitement with their finished creations.

“Charlene and Keely did a great job on explaining every-thing and showing the kids what to do,” she said.

Udall enjoyed the opportunity to share what she does at her local business.

“The Front Porch Flowers and Gifts loves to serve the communi-ty!” she said. “We especially like to teach the children about what we love!”

The Front Porch Flowers and Gifts offers two locations: Over-ton and Mesquite. They are open Monday thru Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Saturday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. They are closed on Sunday.

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Logandale resident Kurt Han-sen was beyond grateful for the experience he has had recently in helping coordinate a local dona-tion drive for the survivors of the Oregon wildfires.

Hansen is a member of the Freebird Motorcycle Club that is part of the Green Nation. The Mother Chapter is in Medford, Oregon where the wildfires have been at their worst.

Hansen said that it started with just a notion and a desire to help out a motorcycle club brother.

“My brother in the Medford area lost his house to the fire and I just wanted to help him,” Hansen said. “We decided we would start to do a drive to help out a couple of families up there. We never ex-pected the response we got! But it has been wonderful and a bless-ing in disguise!”

The Oregon fires have resulted in roughly 954,000 acres burned, over 40,000 lost homes and over 30 people killed.

What started as a donation drive to load one 16’ trailer with donated supplies ended up turn-ing into a service event that ended up needing six to seven U-Hauls full of donated goods, generous cash donations, a radio station drive, multiple motorcycle clubs’ help and people mobilizing to help from three different states.

Small local donation drive snowballsBy NICK YAMASHITA

The Progress

NICK YAMASHITA/ The Progress

Area residents l to r Paul Harrelson, Kurt Hansen, Brandi Hansen and Chenelle Harrelson gather up donated goods in Mesquite to take to the Medford, Oregon area to help victims of wildfires.

“We originally just planned on helping out a couple of families,” Hansen said. “But now we will be helping out hundreds of families, probably around 200-300 people. Mesquite was magnificent and

Moapa Valley really responded incredibly well!”

Besides southern Nevada, the effort received donations from Pomona, CA and other California areas. Residents of the Salt Lake City area have pitched in with help from the local radio station Z104.

The station had a donation bin and advertised the drive through-out its service territory. Locally, businesses in both Moapa Valley and Mesquite stepped up to help collect donated items.

Donations have included toilet-ries, sleeping bags, blankets, pil-lows, clothes, food, tents, water

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From the Editor’s DeskWho is running things at CCSD, anyway?By VERNON ROBISON

The past six months have provided an enlightening lesson in what happens when the attorneys are allowed to run the world. Gen-eral directives handed down regarding social distancing amid

the COVID-19 pandemic may have begun from a sincere concern for public health. But their implementation by various entities, both pub-lic and private, all to often are born solely out of fear of liability and litigation. Thus, weak leaders everywhere have taken to running and hiding behind their attorneys. Thus they abdicate their leadership roles to legal counsel. That’s when things get really crazy!

Perhaps the most openly revolting case of this madness was put on full display last week by the Clark County School District (CCSD) chicken-in-chief, Superintendent Jesus Jara. His inexplicable stunt of sending an attorney out to do a superintendent’s job surely earned Dr. Jara the 2020 Weasel of the Year award...at least in the Virgin Valley.

To be fair, Dr. Jara did show some intestinal fortitude last month just in showing up for a Virgin Valley Community Education Advisory Board (VVCEAB) meeting on August 25, even though his appearance was kept at a safe distance over an online platform. Granted, he had every reason to fear the community, given the way that local principals, SOTs and VVCEAB members had been treated by the school district. A long litany of CCSD mis-steps, miscommunications and missed op-portunities had occurred over the summer leading all the way up to the beginning of school. No doubt, Jara expected the community to take him to the woodshed when he logged in to that meeting.

But the local education advocates were better than that. While they did ask pointed questions of Jara, the tenor of the meeting remained re-spectful, civil and constructive. VVCEAB members were still in hopes that an amicable resolution could be reached to put the plans of local principals in place and bring the kids back to school.

Jara listened to all of this and then he re-planted a few seeds of hope. Acknowledging that maybe things were different in Mesquite than in the rest of urban Clark County, he pledged to submit a separate plan for Mesquite to the State Board of Education and to the CCSD Board of Trustees for approval. Jara himself even coined a phrase, calling it “The Mesquite Plan.” It was what folks wanted to hear.

Suddenly, there was hope again! Within a few days, the principals had dusted off their old plans, met extensively with CCSD superiors to address any weak spots, and resubmitted them for consideration. VVCEAB penned a letter to Nevada State Superintendent of Instruc-tion Jhone Ebert just to request her backing. The response from Ebert was quick and encouraging. All of this was done in good faith with the expectation that Jara might be as good as his word this time.

But he was not! The agenda for the Sept. 10 meeting of the CCSD Board of Trustees was posted and “The Mesquite Plan” was not on it. When VVCEAB Chairwoman Jodi Thornley emailed Jara to follow up, she was told that the plans were still under review. The item would be on the agenda for the Sept. 24 meeting. Last week, that agenda was posted; and, big surprise, no “Mesquite Plan.”

Instead, the local advocates received the final insult: a lofty letter addressed inexplicably to Thornley from the CCSD Office of General Counsel. After picking apart the principals’ submitted plans for their shortcomings as legal documents (which they were not), the letter flat-ly denied the requests and stated that they “will not be submitted for consideration by the Board of School Trustees.”

There was no other communication. Nothing directly from Jara. No communication was sent to the local principals in advance of the letter. Only this bizarre document from the attorney that flushed all of the community’s good faith efforts down the drain once again.

Who is in charge at CCSD? Who is supposed to be running things? Is it the Superintendent? Or is it the cursed attorneys?

This was a proposal to improve education. It was not, by any stretch of the imagination, a legal matter. The community: its parents, admin-istrators, education advocates and elected officials; had all come to-gether in good faith to try to help Dr. Jara do his job. They were lending a hand to the distant CCSD in doing the right and sensible thing for local students. They had but one goal in mind: to benefit the kids.

So what was Dr. Jara’s goal? Did educational matters for kids have any bearing whatsoever when he called in the attorneys? Or was it just a gutless instinct to cover his own backside?

This entire episode shows a degree of cowardice, cluelessness and a void of leadership that may never have been seen before in the halls of CCSD central! And believe me, that is truly saying a lot!

By Tammy Symons

No One Asked Me But...By DR. LARRY MOSES

No One Asked Me But... Dal-las Larsen the Athletic Director at Moapa Valley High School, gets my Gold Star Award.

As most of us in the valley know, there is no high school football for the 2020 season. The great rivalry between the Virgin Valley Bulldogs and the Moapa Valley Pirates will not occur this year.

I remember a Superintendent of the Clark County School District, who was hired out of California, attended one of the Virgin Valley vs. Moapa Valley games being hosted by the Pirates.

Seeing the bleachers filled on both sides and hearing the fans from both of these great high schools, he asked me; “Is this for the state championship?”

I replied: “No! This is for some-thing much more important than that. This is for bragging rights at the family picnics. Many of the kids on each team are cousins.”

That being said, I hope to im-press on the reader what the can-celing of the football seasons means to the students and com-munities of both schools.

Now here is where the Gold Star Award comes in. Mr. Dallas Larsen, a Moapa Valley Coach and Athletic Director developed Friday Night Lights – Moapa Val-ley. He is attempting to produce a video production of a past Moapa Valley football game each Friday to be available online.

I just finished watching his first production, the 1995 State Championship game against Tahoe-Truckee. You can go on the home page of Moapa Valley High School and view this pro-

duction that features interviews with players and coaches from the team.

This was a marvelous pro-duction! Many of the men inter-viewed still live in the valley and there are some who have migrat-ed elsewhere. A number of these players were the sons of previous Moapa Valley football players.

I attended this game in person many years ago, and it was inter-esting to see things as they were rather than what this 80 year old memory of mine perceived them to be.

For instance, I thought the Pi-rates scored on the kickoff of the second half. But it was really three plays into the half.

I did distinctly remember that the Pirates were down 20 to 0 at the half. I remember going into the stands and seeing my son, whose team was playing for a large school state championship in the game following. He was sitting with his coaching staff and they exclaimed that Moapa was in big trouble.

I remember telling them: “No! We have them were we want them! We will win this game 21-20.”

I did not know until the inter-views with the players on this video, who are now in their early 40’s, that Assistant Coach Mark Mattson was telling them the ex-act same thing.

Stand by for a spoiler alert, we were both correct!

I do remember this team was

called the cardiac kids because they came from behind in many of their games. In a playoff game, they scored three times in the last two minutes of the game to win sending them to the State Cham-pionship game.

The sad part of this is that the 2021 senior class may not be able to experience the thrill of victory on the football field. Thanks to King Sisolak this is a thrill that may be denied not only the play-ers, the student body, and faculty, it will also be denied to two very supportive communities.

It was fun to watch a Moapa Valley High School football game on a Friday Night. What else would a true Moapa-ite want to do? And Mr. Larson has made this high quality production avail-able.

Next week’s game will be the 2000 State Championship game against Spring Creek High School. Once the game is posted on Friday afternoon, you can go to the Moapa Valley High School Home Page and access a YouTube presentation of the game.

You can pick the time you want to view the game. I will be at my computer watching. You might want to invite some friends over for hot dogs and hamburgers and enjoy the game.

Neither COVID nor an over-zealous governor can keep the Pi-rate Spirit down. Go Pirates!

As Admiral Dewey proclaimed,

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The PROGRESS Wednesday, September 23, 2020 • 5A

“Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead.” No one can sink this Pi-rate ship.

Thanks again Dallas!

Gold Star Award… I know it has been a while since I award-ed Gold Stars, but why not a few more for this week.?

I love living in Moapa Valley. I began a clean-up project on the historic Overton Hospital build-ing on Virginia Ave. in Overton. It is presently the home of the Over-ton Camp of the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers.

As I began working, Richard Jones arrived and volunteered to help, and he deserves a Gold Star for effort above and beyond.

Larry and Lori Jones volun-teered their large dumpster which proved invaluable for the comple-tion of the job. For that, both get a Gold Star.

The second day I was working a young man named Glenn Wall-ing stopped on his bicycle and asked if I needed help. I told him sure. He went home and returned

with a number of yard tools and was instrumental in removing two dead plants. He worked all afternoon and then came back in the evening and finished cleaning.

He explained to me that he was new in the valley and wondered if there were others I know of that he could help. Glenn is looking for work and I will attest to the fact that he is a great worker and he does quality work. If you need a handyman, you might want to contact him at 702-608-6768. For his unsolicited, and volunteer work he will receive a Gold Star.

This is the kind of effort that makes this valley the unique place that it is. Now if we can figure out who is responsible for that weed patch on the lot as you enter the main street of Overton, maybe we can get it looking like someone lives in our valley.

Thought of the week… “De-veloping life goals is the big pic-ture. The things we do day-to-day – work-habits-wise and making sure the kids are accountable and showing respect – are part of our regular practices. Hopefully that makes them stronger young men

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equal,” he said. “I feel strongly that public safety should be the last thing that you cut. You just shouldn’t make cuts to that unless you have nothing else you can do.”

As a member of the Virgin Valley Community Education Advisory Board, Boger said he is a strong advocate for improv-ing education. He said that the current focus is getting the local schools re-opened safely. But the next priority should be on educa-tion funding.

“Funding has to be the long-term effort,” Boger said. “We need a change to the state fund-ing formula which will allow ru-ral schools in Clark County to be funded the same way as other ru-ral schools in the state. The com-munity needs to rally behind that

new formula. That is really one of the reasons that I am running in the first place.”

On the subject of economic de-velopment, Boger said his priori-ty would be on diversifying Mes-quite’s economy. The industrial area on the west end of Mesquite provides a great location for man-ufacturing, warehouses, distribu-tion centers and more, he said.

“We have to get out of being just a discretionary spending economy,” Boger said. “That is what we have now. We are too dependent on gaming and tourism and we need more than that.”

In addition, Boger said he would work to bring workforce housing to the community. He emphasized that he is not not re-ferring to federal Section 9 hous-ing when he talks about work-force housing.

“This wouldn’t be government housing projects but actual mar-

ket-based housing that the City needs,” Boger said. “It would add to the inventory of housing for people we would need to create a workforce for economic develop-ment to take place.”

Finally, Boger said he would work toward more accessibility to quality health care in the City. He said that the strained relationship between the hospital and the City needed to be eased and mended.

“When you create an image for a City that it is ready to sue its hospital, it doesn’t create a lot of confidence in other health care providers coming here,” Boger said. “And that kind of bad im-age could scare other businesses away as well.”

Boger said that he would work with the hospital to retain a lo-cal emergency room and support bringing more health care provid-ers to the City.

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CCSD Trustee District B

ABOVE ALL, WE SHOULD BRING KIDS’ INTERESTS TO THE TABLE — AND LEAVE OUR PERSONAL POLITICS OUT.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

THE SMART CHOICEI am a native Las Vegan and business manager of Sheet Metal Workers Local 88 in Las Vegas District B. I was born at Women’s Hospital and attended CCSD schools, graduating from Eldorado High School in 1992. As a resident of Moapa Valley, I support and understand the challenges of rural and urban schools alike. My wife is a CCSD special education teacher, and our three children are all current or former students of District B.

My platform is straightforward and comes from the heart:

• Equal access to education for every student• Fair representation for rural areas• Support for working families• Financial responsibility and transparency

PAID FOR BY THE COMMITTEE TO ELECT JEFFREY PROFFITT

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Member from the Sunrise Ro-tary Club and the Rotary Club of Mesquite joined together to build the three structures. They started at 8am and divided the group into 3 teams to launch their final mis-sion for this project.

Also lending a hand in the proj-ect was Littlefield School District Business Manager, Kevin Boyer, also a Rotarian. Former Interact Student Azzario Sepulveda, who graduated from BDHS last year, volunteered his help. And four members of the BDHS maintance team including Rigo Cobian, Jai-me Gonzolas, Fabian Lee, and Rayan Christian lended a hand.

The groups worked for six hours in the heat, learning as they worked off of the instruc-tion booklets sent with the shade structure kits.

With teamwork and pizza for nourishment, they accomplished their goal of three sturdy struc-

tures providing shade for students and aesthetically, visual appeal to the school.

“We do this because we care about these kids,” said local Ro-tarian, Keith Buchhalter, who was in attendance to help out.

BDHS principal Darleen Mc-Cauley was pleased with the improvement to the school cam-pus. “The partnership with Ro-tary is appreciated!” she said. “Our long-term relationship with them in this project is rewarding. THe students will be so surprised and pleased when they return to school.”

McCauley also praised Boyer, his dedication and for all the work he had done behind the scene to make the project a success.

Rotary Club of Mesquite Presi-dent Rick Tuttle was also pleased with the partnership in the proj-ect. “We are happy students now have a comfortable place to re-lax,” Tuttle said. “We look for-ward to supporting Beaver Dam in other areas as well.” down the line. The thing that team

sports help you focus on is that people are depending on you to do your job, and when you don’t, the team fails. That’s the way life is at work, and that’s the way family is.”

- Jim MoranHigh school football coach

and more.Recently Hansen experienced

trials including being forced out of the house they were renting due to sale. But Hansen didn’t spend a lot of time fretting about his own plight.

“When life is down lose your-self in service,” Hansen said. “We were feeling down and a little de-pressed and I saw the opportunity to help. My brothers needed me.”

Hansen has put a lot of finan-cial means of his own into this drive.

“It has been amazing and has been so worth it,” he said. “I may not be rich, but I have never had such a good perspective on life. It has all been due to a little love and compassion.”

Hansen has received almost enough in donated funds to cover the costs of gas to haul everything 1,100 miles up to Oregon. Once there, the group will be coordinat-ing with local Rotary clubs and

other non-profit organizations on the distribution of all of the goods.

“By working with the local Rotary we will be able to give the items straight to those who need them,” Hansen said.

Hansen said that the group has had a lot of help in getting the many donated items labeled, marked and recorded.

Las Vegas motorcycle club, Renegade Patriots MC, spent eight hours sorting and packing the items, he said.

“It is an awesome sight to see these tattooed rough-look-ing guys show the biggest hearts and help out,” Hansen said. “We were not expecting that type of response when we started. It’s an honor to represent everyone and the motorcycle community in de-livering the donations. I’m kind of numb as it has been more than I ever expected. Truly amazing!”

Besides this drive, Hansen’s motorcycle club helps coordinate other service projects including an annual Easter Basket Give-away for kids in foster care.

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gistics involved in that endeav-or, this will mean a good deal of advanced planning, he said. He hasn’t seen that planning going on in the district.

“Of course, everyone’s ulti-mate goal is to open schools and get kids back to normal,” Proffitt said. “But you don’t want to wait to plan for that. I’m concerned that the district isn’t doing that kind of planning. I hope that they are planning things out and that it won’t be like what we just went through at the beginning of this school year.”

Proffitt outlined a three-step phased plan for returning kids to school.

The first step is to return spe-cial needs students to the live classroom full-time, as soon as possible. “I think that needed to already have been done weeks ago,” he said. “There is enough space for social distancing for those kids. And let’s face it, there is really no distance education happening with that segment of students. They need to be back in the classroom right away.”

The second step would be to bring back the primary level ele-mentary school kids including at least grades K-3, Proffitt said.

“At those lower grades, dis-tance education is just tough,” he said. “Sitting those younger kids

in front of a computer screen for hours at a time is just not work-ing.”

Finally, the third step would be to bring back middle and high school grades, he said.

Proffitt emphasized that the planning process for reopening schools should be led out by local principals and their School Orga-nizational Teams (SOTs).

“Central office needs to get out of the way and let the prin-cipals do their jobs,” Proffit said. “Every school should be putting those plans together now and start pushing this issue.”

Proffitt said that both the Moapa Valley and Virgin Valley schools have been models for that kind of planning.

“The cooperative effort be-tween school administrators, teachers, parents and community members have really been a mod-el for how things should be done throughout the county,” Proffit said.

Proffitt hailed the hybrid mod-el being observed now at Moapa Valley schools as a great proto-type for the district to follow. He added that, as the district moves forward in expanding that model c to other schools, Moapa Val-ley schools should be the first to move back into a full-time sched-ule.

In addition, Proffit said that he is in full support of the “Mes-

things better with the schools. And if I am making it better for my child, then I am making it bet-ter for every child.”

Williams adds that all of her efforts as a Trustee would be on that goal of making education better for kids - to the point that she has pledged to donate all her paychecks as a Trustee back to the CCSD.

“I am not going to decline re-ceiving the checks because then it just goes back into who-knows-where,” she said. “But I will take the check and donate it back to programs in the district that are most likely to suffer with cuts.”

Another major plank in Wil-liams’ campaign platform is to push for a forensic audit of all CCSD finances. She said if she has to she would hire an indepen-dent auditor herself to take a close look at the CCSD books.

“We need to know exactly where all of the money is going so that parents can understand what is happening to it,” Williams said. “There needs to be more account-ability there for those funds.”

Williams said that she wants to see a clear path for schools to be opened again. She said that Moapa Valley’s hybrid model could present that path forward for other schools.

“I want the schools reopened,” she said. “I’ve advocated that kids deserve to be somewhere safe. With schools closed there are a lot of kids who don’t have that. It is disheartening that more Las Vegas schools are not fight-ing to reopen like the rurals did. I think that most schools could handle the distancing that would be required.”

Williams said that she is a strong supporter of giving parents a choice in education and will fight to empower parents with choices for their kids.

This would include the propos-al being made by Mesquite City Attorney Bob Sweetin to present a bill at the State Legislature al-lowing Clark County municipali-ties to opt out of the CCSD if their needs are not being met.

“I think that is an interesting idea,” she said. “I believe strongly that the funding should follow the student. Parents should have a say in how that money is spent in the education of their kids. The Mes-quite idea would give the ability for that choice to be opened. I’d be open to that idea.”

Williams is also a fierce sup-porter of school autonomy at the local precinct level. She said that principals and SOTs should be trusted to know the day-to-day needs at their schools and to plan for them. She said that the Board of Trustees should not be mi-

quite Plan” put forward by local principals to reopen Virgin Val-ley schools. “Every community should be making the decisions on what is right for them,” he said.

Proffitt is even in favor of a proposal, being made by Mes-quite City Attorney Bob Sweetin to present a bill to the State Leg-islature allowing Clark County communities to opt out of the CCSD if needs are not being met.

“That is really just giving the communities leverage,” Prof-fitt said of the idea. “It is telling CCSD that, ‘If you don’t do A, B or C, we are leaving.’ So the rural communities might get what they need just by applying that lever-

age first.”Proffit said he would have

no problem with that idea if the CCSD isn’t meeting the needs of the rurals. “And I’d have no problem, if it gets to that point for Mesquite, if Moapa went along with them; if that is what the peo-ple wanted,” Proffitt said

Proffitt said he would push the legislature to change the state’s funding formula to fund rural schools in Clark County the same as they do in the rural counties of the state. The formula allows ru-ral schools additional funding be-cause it requires more funding for rurals chools to provide a similar education to urban schools.

“Our schools are rural schools

just like the schools in Lincoln County or Esmerelda County or wherever,” Proffitt said. “We should be funded by the same formula and not brought in under an urban formula just because we happen to be in Clark County.”

Proffitt said that it has been en-couraging to reach out to the peo-ple throughout District B and see so many people in different com-munities giving him support and jumping aboard his campaign.

“When it comes down to it, with education, we are all trying to achieve the same goals,” he said. “So if we can just put down politics, I think that good things can happen.”

Proffittfrom page 1A

cro-managing these things. “The principals and school

communities are competent to know where the best use of the funding should go,” Williams said. “They are competent enough to run their own school budgets.”

Williams said that she would like to see the board be more effective and decisive despite disagreements which may exist among board members. She feels uniquely equipped to bring that to the table.

“In the military you meet and work with a lot of different peo-ple,” Williams said. “You don’t always agree with them. There are arguments and disputes. But at the end of the day there is al-ways something called military bearing. You are respectful to one another, even when you don’t agree.”

Williams said that sometimes that means that items need to be tabled for a short time to let things cool down a bit and allow for more discussion.

“But in the end, there is always a mission that must be accom-plished,” she said. “And you find ways to work together to accom-plish it. In the case of the board of trustees that mission is the children and bringing what is best for them. I think we should all be able to put differences aside for that mission.”

Williamsfrom page 1A

The city of Mesquite has been participating in a three-week re-gional COVID-19 testung blitz, in partnership with Clark County. The purpose of the blitz was to provide sufficient data to get the county’s state-issued COVID-19 severity down to yellow from the current rating of red.

The blitz was originally planned to go only until Sept. 17. But it fell short of its goal of test-ing 60,000 people county-wide. So the blitz has been extended through Friday, Sept. 25.

The City of Mesquite, howev-er, has decided not to participate in the blitz any longer. With an initial goal of 3,000 tests, Mes-quite ended up administering 1,406 tests. Positivity results on those tests will not be available until next week.

During the last week of the blitz, Eureka Resort and Sun City hosted much of the testing.

Eureka held its testing in Grand Canyon Room for two days for all of their employees as well as any members of the public who wanted to be tested. Approx-imately 400 people were tested at the Eureka location.

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Members of the Eureka Casino “family of employees” got tested for COVID-19 last week as part of a three week testing blitz going on in Clark County to test a total of 60,000 people.

“The testing is going smooth-ly,” said Eureka Human Resourc-es spokesperson, Tecia Marotta last week. “We are familiar with the process now since Eureka tested all employees before re-opening and we continue to do weekly random testing of em-ployees.”

The testing sites get help from CERT volunteers while Mesa View Hospital lends nurses to as-sist in the efforts.

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when principals finally received a courtesy copy of the letter from CCSD counsel on Thursday.

In an interview on Friday, VVCEAB Chairwoman Jodi Thornley said that she had been assured in emails from Jara that the matter would be placed on the agenda for the Sept. 10 Board of Trustees meeting. But when the meeting agenda was released the item was not listed.

Thornley had then contacted Jara again by email, to follow up and determine the status of the re-quests.

“He told me that he was still looking through the plans to make sure that they followed all of the guidelines,” Thornley said. “He said that his goal was to have it on the trustee agenda for the Sept. 24 meeting.”

But it did not appear on the agenda for this week’s meet-ing either. And the only further communication Thornley had received was through the letter from CCSD General Counsel.

“What is strange about this (letter) is that it is addressed to me: just Jodi, VVCEAB Chair,” Thornley said. “I am the Chair of an advisory board. I didn’t create the plans, that is the job of the principals. But there was no talking to the principals. They had no information on this or where we were on it. They were asking their supervisors all along and didn’t get any communica-tion at all. Then we get this from the lawyers and it is a complete denial.”

“I really don’t understand why they couldn’t just pick up the phone to the principals if there was a problem and it would take two seconds to clear it up,” Thornley added. “But that didn’t happen.”

VVCEAB member Steven Lisk, in a telephone interview on Friday, said that the fact that CCSD legal counsel had sent the letter was troubling.

“It sends a message that the district is considering this as a le-gal matter where communication is between attorneys rather than a conversation between educators to bring what is best for the kids,” Lisk said.

But Lisk, who is himself an attorney, said that the district is already on shaky legal ground. Since March, the Board of Trustee meetings have all been conduct-ed over an online platform. Live public comment has not been al-lowed in those meetings. Instead, members of the public have been encouraged to formally submit written comments which are later entered into the record.

This, coupled with the refusal to allow the Mesquite proposal to be placed upon the Board of Trustees agenda, effectively locks the Mesquite community out of the public process and may con-stitute a violation of Open Meet-ing Law, Lisk said.

“They haven’t wanted to talk much about the possibility that what the board has been doing

since March is a violation of Open Meeting Law,” Lisk said. “That’s because every decision that they have made during that time, to keep schools closed and all the rest, would also be in vio-lation of the law.”

Lisk, under the direction of VVCEAB, drafted a letter of re-sponse which was sent on Friday. Included as recipients of the letter were Dr. Jara, Nevada Superin-tendent of Instruction Jhone Ebert and all members of the CCSD Board of Trustees.

“Legal counsel summarily de-nying these plans in a letter ad-dressed to the wrong people does nothing but add to the mounting frustration,” the letter stated. “We request that our principals and community be afforded the op-portunity to present their plans to the CCSD Board of Trustees on Sept. 24 as Dr. Jara committed. If there are issues, they can be brought up publicly and solutions can be found together.”

Lisk said that the VVCEAB would now have to step back and

figure out where to go from here. He admitted that legal action may be required.

“We will have to carefully look at all of our options,” he said. “Even those that might be un-comfortable.”

Mesquite City Attorney Bob Sweetin, who also serves as legal counsel to the VVCEAB in his role, said that the whole situation is indicative of a deep communi-cation problem from the CCSD when dealing with rural commu-nities.

“Mr. Jara should not have

promised to put this on the agenda if he had no intention or authority to do that,” Sweetin said. “And if the superintendent doesn’t have the authority, then who does?”

“This would be less of a prob-lem if the people of Mesquite were able to attend the CCSD Board meetings on their own and make comments,” Sweetin add-ed. “But we are not. And there is no opportunity for us to provide meaningful public comment to our elected representatives. That makes the whole thing more dif-ficult.”

CCSD Letterfrom page 1A

Mesquite Fire and Rescue Captain Spencer Lewis said that, before the blitz, Mesquite had less than 2 percent positive test results.

“I have no reason to believe that the new results will be higher,” Lewis said. “In any case, if the re-

sults are under 5 percent Schools District will then have the option of opening the schools.”

Mesquite is resuming its regu-lar testing schedule this week at Fire Station 1, 10 Mesquite Blvd, behind city hall. Those wanting a test may go online to health.mesquite.nv.gov to make an ap-pointment. Testing is done every Tuesday 8-9am.

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The COVID-19 pandemic has created lonely Friday nights for Pirate football fans. But now there might be a remedy for those avid high school football junkies looking to get their weekly fix.

MVHS Athletic Director Dal-las Larsen has come up with an idea to remember past football greats in Moapa Valley. An all-new Friday Night Pirate Lights

program airing over YouTube each week, will screen legendary MVHS football games, giving viewers the chance to relive the Pirate highlights of the past.

On Friday, Sept. 18, the fun began. Larson presented footage of the 1995 state championship game pitting the Pirates against the Truckee Wolverines.

The footage included inter-views and commentary through-out the game from some of the stars in the action. These included

Friday Night Lights return for MVHS fans

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Last week’s Friday Night Pirate Lights game featured the 1995 state championship game pitting the Pirates against Truckee. This is a photo of that 1995 team which was affectionately called the Cardiac Team by their coaches.

Nick Bowler who was the MVHS Head Coach at the time, as well as players Cam Asay, Shane Hickman, Doug Totten and Stew-art Humes talking about the sea-son and the game.

The 1995 team was known as the cardiac kids. That’s because they made a habit of coming from behind to win games throughout the season. This included the wild finish in 1995 when they over-came a 20-0 half time Truckee lead to win the Pirates second

state title in four years. Starting the game Truckee sent

a message right from the start as they received the opening kickoff and returned the ball all the way back for a touchdown.

Moapa Valley started their second possession at their own 26 and fumbled. Truckee would recover the ball at the Moapa 27 where they would march the ball to the one-yard line and punch it

See Pirate Football on page 5B

With the COVID-19 pandem-ic going on, schools buildings in Virgin Valley have been closed. Students are following an all-on-line distance learning model and trying to make the best of it.

Distance learning has had its drawbacks. But it has also been a very successful way for students to be able to see their classmates and learn.

Students have found positive outcomes and have discovered ways to like it.

“I like that I can be in my home and have my own setup,” said Cheyann Hafen a junior at Virgin

Valley High School. “I have ev-erything I need right next to me. If I forget something, it’s not like I have to drive home and get it be-cause it’s right by me.”

Hafen said that the online learning has allowed lots of time to do assignments. “And if I have any questions I can just go on asynchronous time and my teach-ers can help me,” she said.

VVHS senior Shayla Martinez agreed. “I like that we have more time to get help from teachers if we need it,” she said. “Since last year, we would have to come in early or stay late at school but now we have a set time we can

Distance learning from the kids’ perspectiveBy CALLA HAVILAND

The Progress

VVHS senior Shayla Martinez (left) and junior Cheyann Hafen (right) work on school work from home during the pandemic. Kids talk about the upsides and downsides to distance education. See Learning on page 5B

Logandale resident Justin Eber-ling desperately wanted to go on a Nevada elk hunt. But the last sev-eral years he struggled in drawing a rifle tag. So he branched out into something new that increased his odds of drawing a tag. He bought himself a bow and put in for a bull elk archery tag.

This year his luck changed,

and he drew one of only two bull elk tags given out for area 24 during the archery hunt.

Eberling did a lot of scouting in preparation for his elk tag.

“Some years there are not a lot of elk in there,” Eberling said. “But this year there were a lot of bulls.”

The area was very dry this year. But water is a cru-cial tactic when hunting with a bow.

“A lot of springs that should have had water, had none,” Eber-ling said.

In addition, there were fires go-ing on in the area while he scout-ed it. “I put up trail cam, and ev-ery time I would pull it the place would burn down.”

The hunt started at the end of August and Eberling headed out by himself. The elk he was able to see was 70 yards or farther. And

By STEPHANIE BUNKER

Moapa Valley Progress

Justin Eberling of Logandale brought down this 5x5 on his first ever elk bowhunt in Nevada’s Area 24.

Hard-won success on first bowhunt

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A local group has filed a com-plaint with Mesquite Police about their political signs that have been vandalized, destroyed or stolen in the community over the recent past.

Early on Tuesday morning,

Sept. 15, Doug Ramaker, a mem-ber of the Mesquite 2 Moapa Democrats organization, went out into the city of Mesquite to set up three large 4 ft x 8 ft political signs in support of the Joe Biden/Kamala Harris ticket in the up-coming Presidential election.

Unfortunately, the signs didn’t last long. By early Thursday morning, all three of them had been torn up.

“They didn’t even stay up

Political signs vandalized in Mesquite

Newly placed campaign signs placed by the Mesquite 2 Moapa Dem-ocrats organization were vandalized this week at various locations in Mesquite.

By VERNON ROBISON

The Progress

This article was first published on The Progress website at mvprog-ress.com.

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The Moapa Town Library got a new librarian last month. Cristina Sessions originally came from the St. George area and is excited to be in Moapa.

Sessions has a Bachelor’s de-gree in Statistics from Utah State University and a Master’s De-gree in Library Science from the University of North Texas out of Denton, Texas.

Before coming to Moapa, Ses-sions worked for more than sev-en years in youth services for the Las Vegas - Clark County Library District.

“So far the position out here has been great!” Sessions said. “I am learning many new things and meeting many friendly communi-ty members.”

Sessions said that she loves to chat with local residents that come in to the library branch to visit.

“I love listening to book and movie reviews from our adult customers,” she said. “I love assisting kids in searching for books on things like robots or un-usual animals. There are so many things to explore together!”

Sessions said that she has a lot of ideas for the Moapa library in the upcoming months. She ex-plained that, with a beautiful park right next door, she is already dreaming up the possibilities.

She is currently planning an event for October called “Poetry and Popsicles in the Park.” This event will be held on Thursday, Oct. 8, starting at 3:15 pm.

“It will be an opportunity for kids to increase their confidence with speaking in front of others,” Session said. “The poem readings will last 20-30 minutes, then we will hand out popsicles.”

Physical distancing is being required at the library. But the branch is currently offering sev-eral Take-and-Make activities for both kids and adults.

“There are fun craft and sci-ence kits for the kids,” Sessions said. ‘And for the adults we have a packet with a word search puz-zle, Sudoku puzzle, coloring page and recipe recommendations.”

In the future, Sessions said she would like the library to host out-door movie nights, a children’s program and an adult program.

She also hopes to update the library’s database which lists the resources that are available. This will allow her to align the library’s collection closer to the wants and needs of the local com-munity, she said.

“Tell me what your interests are so I can best serve you!” she said. “I know this year has been a challenge, especially for school. But we are here to help you.”

For more information or to ask questions about the new librarian, please visit the Moapa Town Li-brary during operation hours.

Moapa Town Library gets

new librarian

By NICK YAMASHITA

The Progress

Cristina Sessions is the new li-brarian at the Moapa Town Li-brary branch.

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The Moapa Valley High School Ag Farm has begun another sea-son of planting, harvesting and learning. This has gone on, even under the state’s COVID-19 re-strictions.

MVHS Ag teacher, Denise O’Toole said that the health man-dates have definitely posed a challenge.

“The best part of teaching is being with the students,” O’Toole said. “We are all still trying to figure out how to best utilize the

online component. We are all just working through it the best that we can.”

Because the class schedule at MVHS has been cut from eight classes to six classes, students have two less electives to choose. The programs that fall under the FFA/AG umbrella are: AG Pro-grams 1 & 2, Floral Design, Food Science, Leadership and Mechan-ics.

O’Toole said that the Agricul-ture class has less students this semester due to that cut. There is a total of about 14 students in the program right now. The floral de-

MVHS Ag Farm continues operation amidst pandemicBy SHANNON BARNES

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SHANNON BARNES / The ProgressA Farmers Market stand at the MVHS Ag Farm allows local residents to buy produce from the farm.

sign class however has grown this year, she said.

The MVHS Ag program is unique. It is the only school pro-gram in the state that has a 40-acre laboratory farm.

The planting at the farm begins in late August to September and the harvesting runs through the 4th of July. There are two farm seasons, fall and in February there is a Spring farm.

The farm is also equipped with a Hydroponic Greenhouse. Also on the farm there are about 20 head of cattle, chickens, an alfalfa field and an orchard with various trees and pomegranates.

This season the students have decided to plant lettuce, toma-toes, cucumbers, cabbage, broc-coli, cauliflower, peas, carrots, beets, brussel sprouts, a variety of

melons and cilantro. Approximately 7,000 plants

have already been planted with-in the last couple of weeks. The harvest will go to the MVHS cu-linary program as well as for sale at the farmers market stand that is open to the public daily at the farm.

This market stand holds the left-over harvest not utilized by the school or the students. In ad-dition to produce, local residents can also find fresh eggs for pur-chase as well. The market stand is honor system. Customers simply place their money in a lock box after they choose the items that they would like to purchase.

The FFA/AG program usual-ly offers plenty of activities for students. But this year, those live activities are not being held. So

activities are being held virtually. Every October the AG pro-

gram participates in a Soil Com-petition. Local teams have taken first or second place every year for the past eight years. This year the competition will be held in an online platform. The students will have to send in soil samples and be a part of a live streaming com-petition.

There are also virtual elections happening this year as well for FFA officers. Most other activ-ities however have been put on hold.

The FFA/AG students work every year on an AG Literacy program. This brings in elemen-tary students from Las Vegas to show them where their food comes from. Displays are set up with activities for the kids, such as making ice cream or butter or planting seeds to watch them ger-minate.

FFA students also plant pump-kins at the beginning of the sea-son. So every child who comes to the farm in the fall can go home with a pumpkin that they have selected. The Pumpkin field is also made available to the general public two to three days in Octo-ber for pumpkin purchases.

Since 1958 the FFA/AG pro-gram has seen many changes and 2020 is no different. The program will continue to adapt with the times while providing the skills and training to help instill Lead-ership qualities into the students’ lives and prepare them for all that life has to offer.

for 48 hours!” said Mesquite 2 Moapa Democrats spokesperson Elaine Hurd. “Someone took a box-cutter to all three of them. Isn’t there something really wrong with that?”

Hurd said that this wasn’t the first time that this problem has arisen in this election cycle. Ear-lier in the season, Hurd herself had gone out and put up smaller yard signs for Biden/Harris at a half dozen different spots through town. They were all placed on

public property where such signs are permitted, she said.

Most of these suffered the same fate. “Three of them were gone within 24 hours,” Hurd said. “The others disappeared after that.”

The group had received the larger signs from the Nevada Democratic Party. This was the first time in many years that the State party had sent signs for the rural areas of Clark County, Hurd said. To keep them in place, the large signs are wired down to three pieces of steel rebar driven into the ground at each location.

“They are not cheap signs, not at all,” Hurd said. “We had ex-pected them to have more stay-ing power than the smaller yard signs. But I guess not.”

By Thursday afternoon, Ra-maker and his wife Sandra, who also serves on the Mesquite City Council, had already gone out and replaced the signs, clearing the old damaged signs away.

Sandra Ramaker acknowl-edged that the majority of the people of Mesquite, regardless of political leanings, would never

countenance such behavior. “In fact, while we were out re-

placing the signs we had a Trump supporter stop and offer to help us,” Sandra said. “He said that he was disgusted to see that some-one would do that. So we know that this doesn’t reflect the com-munity as a whole.”

Even so, Sandra said that she was the one who had filed the complaint with local police.

“You know, people don’t have to like the candidates that are on the signs,” she said. “But destroy-ing property is not okay, no mat-ter who you are voting for. It isn’t right.”

Sergeant Wyatt Oliver of Mes-quite Police Department acknowl-edged that the complaint had been filed but was unable to make any further comment about any next steps in the investigation.

Oliver did say that damaging or removing campaign signs is, at best, a misdemeanor offense.

“It is the same as destruction or vandalism of property,” Oliver said. “It would be treated exactly the same.”

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“I was getting frustrated be-cause I was thinking that I had to move my sights, but I don’t think I can,” he said.

Eberling was worried he need-ed more practice shooting at a longer distance.

“My odds would have great-ly improved if I had people on mountain tops telling me when they were coming in,” he said. “Thursday I had no luck where I was at, so I headed out near the Utah/Nevada border and sat on a water hole.”

He almost gave up and called it a night after seeing a few cows and a coyote within 10 yards. The conditions were perfect with the wind in his face yet there was no bull coming in. He was getting his things packed up when he saw

an elk running up the draw.“I could tell it was a bull be-

cause its massive white body,” he said. “He came close to the pond and I knew he was going to sniff, which he did. But he didn’t smell me, and he put his nose down to drink.”

Eberling attempted to use his range finder but the bull sensed movement and looked toward him. The bull wasn’t too worried, though. So he turned broadside and that’s when Eberling took his shot. The arrow whizzed over the bulls back and spooked him, but he stayed where he was, still broadside.

Justin fixed his notches and let another arrow go. This one hit him in the spine and took him down.

“It was a 5x5 bull,” Eberling said. “Nothing really big but it was the first bull I have shot and the first animal I shot with a bow.”

Eberling had started to get

worried that maybe he wouldn’t fill his tag. “It was so hot, only around 5-10 degrees cooler than at home,” he said. “I was getting discouraged and with the warm weather they weren’t rutting. So when the opportunity presented itself, I took it.”

The bull went down there by the water hole and ended up crawling into the water.

“I had to walk into the water and get a chain around him and pull him out with a truck,” Eber-ling said.

A friend of his came out from Panaca and gave him a hand with cleaning and quartering it.

Eberling enjoyed his bow hunt. But he said that hunting with a bow is a lot more challenging than hunting with a rifle.

He mentioned that he enjoys reloading bullets for his rifle and decided maybe he could make his own arrows too. And that is just what he did.

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A new venture in the culinary world is getting underway this week in downtown Overton. On Wednesday, September 23, local residents Bob Kerr and Bailey Dueck are opening the windows to a new, locally based, wood-fired pizza trailer called FiredUp Creations. The ribbon cutting cer-emony will be located at 156 N Moapa Valley Blvd. in Overton at 4 pm on Wednesday.

Kerr said that the opening day menu will consist of the Tradi-tional Margherita Pizza, Pepper-oni Pizza, Sausage with Banana Pepper Pizza, and a tribute to Kerr and Dueck’s mothers called Mama’s Cheese Pizza. For des-sert, there will be Peach Cobbler Pizza.

Each pizza is 10 inches in size. They take approximately two minutes to cook in an 800-de-

gree wood-fired oven. Prices will range from $10 to $15 per pizza.

FiredUp Creations’ menu will be based off of which local veg-etables are in season at the time,

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Overton residents Bob Kerr and Bailey Dueck stand next to a new wodd-fired pizza oven mounted to a food trailer. They will be opening their new business “Fired Up Creations” this week.

Kerr said. They also plan to use locally-sourced meats and chees-es.

The dough for the pizza is a sourdough base that Kerr makes

fresh each day of operation. He will make a certain amount of dough each morning and, once that dough is gone, the truck will close for the day.

The wood-fired pizza oven adds so much to the flavor of the pizzas, Kerr said. The smoke is a key ingredient, changing the flavors of the crust, vegetables, cheese and other toppings, he said.

“I am just mesmerized with the fire every time I cook,” Kerr said. “It is a very interactive, dynamic and challenging experience.”

Kerr and Dueck’s journey be-gan over a year ago when they decided to focus on what would make them truly happy in life. They chose to walk away from their careers and go into business for themselves. “We will be able to leave the kind of mark on the world that we want to leave,” Dueck said.

They discussed opening a

restaurant, but ultimately decided that a food trailer was a better op-tion. “It seems to be the wave of the future,” Kerr stated.

Kerr originally comes from Colorado and moved to Mesquite five years ago. Dueck hails from Montana. She moved to Overton about that same time.

The couple bought a house and settled in Overton about a year and a half ago.

Kerr and Dueck plan to be environmentally conscious and source fresh ingredients from lo-cal businesses. Kerr has a little experience in this area. He had an urban farm operation in his home, which was licenced by the De-partment of Agriculture. He used the operation to produce micro-greens.

The couple want to be engaged in the Moapa Valley community. They plan to donate a percentage of their profits to local charities. Penny Vallone from the Moapa Valley Family Resource Center

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Address Bd Bath Sqft List Price Acres Year Zip Code1983 S Moapa Valley Blvd 3 2 1440 82,000 4.01 2002 89040538 Sage St 3 3 1456 140,000 0.25 2001 890014185 Skyline St 2 2 840 150,000 2.07 1971 890211440 Scott Ave 3 2 924 150,000 1.28 1995 890401340 Jensen Ave 5 3 2576 179,000 0.39 1985 890211344 Jensen Ave 5 3 2576 179,000 0.5 1985 890212985 Doty St. 4 2 2040 225,000 0.29 1986 890211200 W. Cottonwood 3 2 1344 259,000 10 1985 890401811 Jensen Ave 2 2 1526 264,900 0.55 1993 890211240 W Cottonwood Ave. 3 1 1152 289,000 8.69 2001 890401620 Cappalappa Ave 4 2 1904 369,000 0.48 1993 89021445 Alamo West Rd. 2 3 1702 475,000 10.04 2016 89001925 Palo Verde St 3 2 1552 495,000 2.11 1993 890403757 River Heights Ln 4 4 4068 499,900 0.6 2008 89021995 Higbee Ranch Ln. 6 5 4774 575,000 3.1 2011 89001

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Overton artist, Clint Brill, began to paint artwork back in May in prepa-ration for his current exhibit at the Lost City Museum, which will con-tinue through the month of September. Brill had chosen a theme of Southwest Art of Native American pottery with subjects such as people, animals and waterfalls depicting stories of life in the desert. He then chose a surrealistic setting in which to tell the story.

The current exhibit is dedicated to Brill’s son Jason who passed away in 2019. Brill said he wanted to honor Jason’s unique sense of humor in this artwork.

“I needed to heal from the sor-row and have some fun and light-hearted thoughts to dispel the depression of Jason’s passing,” Brill said. “This helped me to connect to his personality.”

Jason’s unique humor and view of life helped to define the surrealistic theme of each piece of art. Artworks were based upon some of Jason’s interesting expres-

sions. For example, sayings like “One per-son can affect the atmosphere of a whole room, just by changing the Air Condition-er.” Another Jason-ism was “The crazy stuff is well-documented.” And another: “I agree with me disagreeing with myself.”

Brill was born on a Nebraska farm. He

Local artists honors son in Lost City Museum exhibitBy CATHERINE ELLERTON

Moapa Valley Progress

CATHERINE ELLERTON/ The Progress

Overton artist Clint Brill has an exhibit of his artwork on dis-play now at the Lost City Museum. The exhibit will end after this weekend.

loved art from a very young age. He liked the way it made him feel and the way it made the viewer feel.

Brill studied Art Design at the Colorado Institute of Art in the late 1970’s. He then went on to obtain his Masters in Art from Northern Arizona University in 1992.

Brill and his wife, Julie, decided they wanted to live in a smaller community. So he accepted a teaching po-sition at Grant Bowler Ele-mentary in Logandale, where he taught for 29 years.

After retiring, Brill ac-cepted a position as a Special Education teacher for three

years. He enthusiastically stated that he loved teaching, loved the kids from the Valley and from Bowler and loved teach-ing the Special Education students.

Brill spends his retirement days enjoy-ing being a father to Jason, Abbie-Gail, Silas and Nathaniel; managing his fami-ly’s business GraphX in Overton; reading books; working on clay and pottery; play-ing his guitar and working with his puppet. He continues his love of art and works with oils, acrylics, watercolors,

Brill said that he still believes that “art is about people and how they respond to it and how they affect the artist in their re-sponse.”

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Los Lupes Mexican Restaurant in Mes-quite hosted a special event on Monday, September 14 to provide an opportunity for community members to fill out the 2020 US Census.

The September 30 census deadline is fast approaching. With a struggling econ-omy, this year’s census has become more

important than ever for the city and the commu-nity. Filling out the cen-sus helps direct some of the $1.5 trillion dollars in federal funding to local municipalities. The City of Mesquite is current-ly reporting in at only a 69.4% completion rate, according to Mesquite Community Resource Manager Janice Ridondo.

“Especially now, more than ever, with losing so much in state sales tax revenues from the Strip, this is going to be the most important cen-sus of our lifetime,” said

Ridonodo. “The federal money will be there and if we don’t count our people, we are not going to get it.”

Census money pays for highways, bridges, healthcare costs, hospitals, job programs, assistance for college costs and housing as well as Medicaid, Medicare, Head Start and Title One programs. The funding is allocated based on population.

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AMY DAVIS The ProgressLocal census coordinator Shelita Guzman talks to area res-idents at an event held on Monday, Sept. 14 at Los Lupes Restaurant to encourage people to complete their census forms.

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in. The game was still in the first quarter 14-0 Truckee

Moapa Valley would move the ball down the field to about the twenty-five-yard line where they attempted and missed a 35-yard field goal.

In the latter part of the first half Truck-ee found itself positioned at the one-yard line. A play later and it was 20-0. The extra point sailed wide right. That missed kick would end up being the difference in the outcome of the game.

In the second half, the Pirates’ Lant Leavitt took a handoff up the middle and didn’t stop until he got to the end zone some eighty yards later. The extra point was good as Moapa Valley got on the board.

On their next possession, The Pirates moved the ball to the Truckee 29. That’s when Shane Hickman caught the toss, ran right, then planted his feet, throwing a pass

to an open Brandon Batchelor for the sec-ond Pirate touchdown. It was now 14-20 midway through the third quarter.

Truckee would start the next drive deep in their territory again and were forced to punt. On the snap to the punter the ball sailed over the punter’s head and into the end zone. The Pirates recovered it! With the extra point, Moapa now took the lead, and the game, from Truckee.

Moapa Valley held the Truckee offense and ended the game on a knee as time ran off the clock at Sam Boyd Stadium. It was Moapa Valley’s 12th state football cham-pionship.

The program put together by Larson was a great flashback to the past. Games like this will be posted each Friday night, as long as time allows for Coach Larsen to put a programming together,

Last week’s game is still available for viewing as well. The link to the program can be found on the homepage of Moapa Valley High School website at moapaval-leyhs.com .

plan on going.”While the students are trying to stay pos-

itive, they are also feeling the downsides as well. They have experienced many draw-backs from the all-online platform.

Nayeli Andrade said that distance learn-ing has affected school pride and the rela-tionships with classmates and teachers.

“I do not like that we are unable to form closer relationships with our teachers and fellow classmates,” Andrade said. “I also believe the ‘family’ feel and school spirit is decreasing at an alarming rate for our school. It is just extremely difficult to get students to participate in virtual activities.”

Andrade also said that learning experi-ences are less fun when you are not there with other classmates. “The excitement of seeing your classmates, doing an experi-ment, learning hands on, is just not there,” she said. ‘This makes school seem like a big burden rather than being an enjoyable experience which we will reminisce on in the future.”

Andrade said that she believesdistance learning will take a toll on a lot of students’ mental health. “It is a lot more mentally ex-

hausting to learn over the computer than it is to be learning in a classroom,” she said. “Not only that, distance learning can put quite a bit of strain on the families of stu-dents, especially bigger families.”

Many students have similar opinions. Coleman West said that distance learning is okay. “Overall, I would very much rath-er be in person,” West said. “But distance learning is way better than I had expected. And it has brought some surprising posi-tive things.”

But Hafen thinks about all the things that she and other kids are missing. “I don’t like how I can’t see my friends in person,” she said. “I also don’t like how we can’t play sports. So many of us are involved in sports or after school activities that we put lots of hard work into. It’s been hard not to be able to continue that.”

Most kids admit that there are positive and negative things about online learning. “It’s good that we can continue to learn in this pandemic,” Hafen concluded. “But I think we’re all ready to go back to school in person.”

Calla Haviland lives in Bunkerville and is a junior at Virgin Valley High School.

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The Census booth at the Los Lupes event offered free gifts and goodie bags to attendees. They also raffled off a “Home means Nevada” t-shirts and gift cards to local businesses. DJ Fuego pro-vided music for the event.

Ridondo said that some people think that the census is strictly to record adults and leave children off the document. If residents did not include children on the census forms, they are encouraged to fill them out again with the correc-tions added, Ridondo said.

“If your baby was born any time before April 1, then we need

that baby counted on the census,” Ridondo said. “I mean, just think! All those children are going to be almost teenagers by the time we do the next census. We need the money for roads and parks.”

Mesquite engaged in a friend-ly competition with the city of Fernley, NV to see who could get more of their city to complete the 2020 census. The prize? The key

to the losing city will be present-ed to the winning city.

“We are at 69.4% of census completion for our City,” Ridon-do said. “Fernley is at 71%, which means they are beating us. They are going to end up with the key to our city and it breaks my heart.”

City Councilman George Rap-son who was in attendance at the

event emphasized the importance of filling out the census. “You just get online and click it on,” Rapson said. “I am so amazed at some of these states that have 95% completion of the census.”

Rapson expressed appreciation to the owners of Los Lupes for helping in the effort and for let-ting their location be used to pro-mote the census.

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Backhoe and grading work, trenching, driveways, arenas, clearing brush, general dirt-work. Call Jacob 702-378-9271.

Certified Horticulturist: I will provide successful plant suggestions, plant identifica-tion, landscape concepts, and answer plant and landscape questions. Problems with your plants? Call Andrea Meckley @702.300.4148 “Let’s Talk Plants”

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Simplot Silica Sands is accepting applications for a Laborer for the safe operation in a mining environment.

Duties include but are not limited to the following:Ability to work safely throughout the plant and mine siteGeneral plant clean-up including shoveling, sweeping, and washingOperating heavy equipment including haul trucks, cat loaders, forklifts, skid steerEquipment maintenanceWorking around rotating machineryAbility to lift 50 poundsAbility to work rotating shifts (days, afternoons, & nights)Ability to work required overtime

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Please prepare a resume outlining your interest and qualifica-tions via our online application process described above. For best results, please upload your resume as a Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF document.

**The J.R. Simplot Company is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, na-tional origin, sexual orientation, disability status, protected veter-an status, or any other characteristic protected by law.**

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Looking to fill position ASAP for NIGHT JANITOR and AF-TERNOON PORTER: Please call 702-210-4868 for more information and application process.

Western Elite is seeking a Heavy Equipment Mechanic to main-tain heavy machinery, diesel equipment, and other company equipment in accordance with company and DOT standards.

Essential Job Functions Include:• Diesel engine repair and maintenance.• Heavy machinery (loaders, scrapers, dozers, etc.) repair and maintenance.• Air brake repair and maintenance.• Electrical system repair and maintenance.• Hydraulic equipment repair and maintenance.· Maintains and repairs all aspects of company vehicles and equipment (equipment includes, but is not limited to: 637D scrap-ers, D9 dozers, and 836 compactors).· Diesel engine repair and maintenance.· Air brake repair and maintenance.· Electrical system repair and maintenance.· Hydraulic equipment repair and maintenance.· Follows preventative maintenance schedules.· Records all work completed in accordance with company and DOT standards.· Consistent and regular attendance. Work varied shifts, and be available for overtime weekends, holidays and emergencies as required.· Live the company Core Values. Minimum Qualifications• 18 years of age.• Proof of eligibility to work in the United States.• Ability to communicate effectively in English required.• Ability to communicate effectively in Spanish preferred. Position Specific Requirements· 4+ years of heavy equipment machinery maintenance experience required (including CAT equipment).· 4+ years of commercial diesel mechanic experience required.· Must own and use own tools.· Effective listening and communication skills with a friendly, upbeat attitude.· Work effectively with a team and possess the ability to work in-dependently and without direct supervision. Organized and able to multi-task. Flexible and accepts feedback. The position is located 50 miles north of Las Vegas near Coyote Springs and offers competitive pay, paid time-off, paid holidays, and an excellent benefits package. Interested candidates should send resumes to Voy Matheson at voymatheson@westernelite.com.

MiscellaneousMiscellaneous20ftx20ft Canvas Canopy: Brand new, $300. Would make good shade for horses. Please call John 702-865-2898 or 702-271-6468.

Do you need to sell your home, trailer or land fast and without doing repairs? Local real estate investor will give you a cash offer within 24 hours. (702) 777 3303.

Yard SalesYard SalesEstate Sale: 400 Cox Rd., Overton: Fri/Sat, Sept. 25/26, 8am-3pm. Tools, household, furniture, quad, and more!

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Max Edwin Bunnell, age 93, passed away on September 16, 2020 in St. George, UT. He was born on March 8, 1927 in Salt Lake City, UT to Daniel Ed-win Bunnell and Mattie Mae Ell-

rich. He married Julia Elizabeth Lewis on June 2, 1948 in the Salt Lake Tem-ple, and they enjoyed fifty-two years of marriage together until her passing on January 13, 2011.

Max had a passion for art and painting. He loved painting the des-ert landscapes of southern Utah and Nevada. He sought to share his joy and taught generations of young

Manuel Alonzo Mora, 30, passed away in Johnson County, AR on September 14, 2020. He was born on April 23, 1990 in Ba-kersfield, CA to Manuel Salvador Mora and Raquel Gonzales.

Manuel’s family moved to Lo-gandale, NV three years later, and he was raised in Moapa Valley. He graduated from Moapa Valley High School, where he played football and played drums in the band. He loved to play drums and sing for small local bands. Manuel was always working with his father on the ranch, caring for the horses, and they would often go to Pahrump to race. He worked for Western States Construction for many years until he moved to Arkan-sas where he drove trucks for a con-struction business.

Manuel was always smiling and

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Manuel Mora

laughing, and usually playing jokes on his sister. He enjoyed being in the outdoors, going fishing and camping, and always took his dog with him. He always wanted to have a good time.

Manuel is survived by his parents: Manny (Lupita) Mora and Raquel Gonzales; his siblings: Mariela Mora, Emilio Mora, Mia Mora, Sinai Arella-no, Alexis Arellano, and Xitlali Arella-no; many aunts, uncles, and cousins, and his close friends from the Adams family. He is preceded in death by his good friends and mentors, Wes Ad-ams and Troy Shiozawa.

Visitation services will be held at the Moapa Valley Mortuary on Friday, September 25, 2020 from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m., with funeral services held at the Moapa Valley Mortuary on Saturday, September 26, 2020 at 10:00 a.m., and graveside services at the Logan-dale Cemetery.

The family invites you to leave a memory or message in their guest book at www.moapavalleymortuary.com.

Max Bunnell

students as a school teacher in Utah and Moapa Valley. He was the driv-ing force behind the annual Moapa Valley Spring Art Show, showcas-ing many local artists, as well as the founder of the Moapa Valley Art Guild and the renowned Pomegranate Arts Festival. His vision in these endeav-ors was to present scholarships to prospective art students. Max served honorably in the United States Navy in World War II, being present at Pearl Harbor. He loved his family and en-joyed his many grandchildren running around.

Max is survived by his children: Edith (Bill) Luce and Leah (Don) Rieske; seven grandchildren, and sixteen great-grandchildren. He is preceded in death by his wife, Julia Bunnell.

Viewing services will be held on

Saturday, September 26, 2020 from 12:00-1:00 p.m. at the Moapa Valley Mortuary, with funeral services fol-lowing at 1:30 p.m. Services will be available by live-stream at 1:30 p.m. PST. Interment will follow in the Lo-gandale Cemetery.

The family invites you to leave a message or memory in their guest book at www.moapavalleymortuary.com.

said, “We are extremely grateful for Bailey and Bob’s offer to do-nate 10% of their earnings to us. Every nickel helps right now.”

Kerr’s parents, Dan and Jacque Kerr, along with his grandpar-ents, Anita and Ariel Larson; and Dueck’s parents, Leonard and Sandy Dueck; helped to make the couple’s business ownership dreams a reality.

“Without their support, this dream would never have become reality for us,” Bailey and Bob

stated. The trailer for FiredUp Cre-

ations was custom-built in Nash-ville, Tennessee.

The 3,000-pound pizza oven was manufactured in California. Dueck’s father, who is a master welder, constructed a special base for the oven.

The trailer is also self-suffi-cient. They have their own power and water source, so they will be able to open for business any-where they go.

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